Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: North Carolina

Breakin’ up Christmas

Breakin’ Up Christmas is the name for 12 days of partying, dancing, and music making ending up on January 6th, Old Christmas day.

That next fall we moved back up to Conover, and he got work, too, in the glove mill, and we both worked there. He turned.

The Creator (E-do-da) had heard their prayers & songs & had given them a gift. The Cherokee kept these stone crosses and always honored them.

Tradition holds that Pudding Ridge, NC, in Davie County, got its name one rainy day in February 1781 during a Revolutionary War engagement.

The Asheville Colored Hospital opened in 1944 through the efforts of Dr. Mary Frances Shuford and others such as Charles A. Webb.

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